gonna have to throw some nice violent classical music in here (well it's not classical technically but screw it.. Baroque whatever...)

No, you're right, PatrynXX - The Classical Age was divided into 3 different periods; Classical, Romantic, Baroque. Though I can see the potential for confusion (or getting more technical, rather) when one of them is also called Classical!

So - I think you are right on just by calling it classical, without getting more specific.

LOL See now I am making it more complicated that it needs to be, eh?!

That's pretty good when someone can distinguish between the periods while listening to any given piece. I mean, that may no problemo for a real classical buff but there is a hell of a lot of music there and it probably all sounds the same to people that just listen to mainstream music.

One has to educate themselves. Which is cool with me. Most people consider that to be reading classic literature and philosophy, studying mathematics and the hard sciences, etc...I think just doing that with classical music would greatly enrich one's life, be less demanding that all that stuffy academia, and actually counteract stress instead of heightening it.

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No, you're right, PatrynXX - The Classical Age was divided into 3 different periods; Classical, Romantic, Baroque. Though I can see the potential for confusion (or getting more technical, rather) when one of them is also called Classical!

So - I think you are right on just by calling it classical, without getting more specific.

The story behind "Devil's Trill" starts with a dream. Tartini allegedly told the French astronomer Jérôme Lalande that he dreamed that The Devil appeared to him and asked to be his servant. At the end of their lessons Tartini handed the devil his violin to test his skill—the devil immediately began to play with such virtuosity that Tartini felt his breath taken away. The complete story is told by Tartini himself in Lalande's Voyage d'un François en Italie (1765 - 66):

"One night, in the year 1713 I dreamed I had made a pact with the devil for my soul. Everything went as I wished: my new servant anticipated my every desire. Among other things, I gave him my violin to see if he could play. How great was my astonishment on hearing a sonata so wonderful and so beautiful, played with such great art and intelligence, as I had never even conceived in my boldest flights of fantasy. I felt enraptured, transported, enchanted: my breath failed me, and - I awoke. I immediately grasped my violin in order to retain, in part at least, the impression of my dream. In vain! The music which I at this time composed is indeed the best that I ever wrote, and I still call it the "Devil's Trill", but the difference between it and that which so moved me is so great that I would have destroyed my instrument and have said farewell to music forever if it had been possible for me to live without the enjoyment it affords me."

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The sad state of music today. Can life size replicas be available soon at your local XXX store for your "personal" pleasure?
Latest CD included.

One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson insures bottom for £100,000

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Louis Tomlinson, a member of British boy band One Direction, knows what one of his biggest assets is: his bum. Tomlinson is going to extreme measures to protect it, band mate Harry Styles recently revealed.

Styles told British tabloid the Daily Star that Tomlinson has taken out an insurance policy on his bottom for £100,000 or about $161,000. “Louis has insured his bum just like J.Lo.,” Styles told the publication. He added that both the band and Tomlinson’s family support his decision.

According to Australia’s Daily Telegraph, insurance agents did have to take a look at Tomlinson’s backside. However, Styles was mum about just how close they had to look.

One Direction has a rabid legion of fans around the world. So, it’s likely that they could wind up injuring Tomlinson’s rear. “Some would call our fans crazy, but we feel they are passionate. They do like to touch us and feel us, and it is a bit strange. Some of the lads have been touched in some unusual places,” the 20-year-old told the Daily Star.

He added that their bodyguards “...can only do so much. No-one has sustained any injuries yet, but you never can be too careful.”

The Daily Star also spoke to 18-year-old Liam Payne, who revealed that his father has no idea just how big the band is. Payne said that when he took his father on tour in New York, “He was like: ‘Go on, we will just go out of the front door’, but I explained we can’t do that anymore, we would get mobbed.”

One Direction recently announced that they will be touring North America again in 2013. Their hit, “What Makes You Beautiful,” will be performed on Glee Tuesday.

Hey Urge, getting ticked off yet?

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